The ancient city of Letoon is located in the Kumluova district of Seydikemer. The city was established in the seventh century BC. Letoon was the religious center of Lycia in the Ancient Age. The temples of Leto, Apollo and Artemis in this sanctuary are of great historical importance.
The largest temple is built for the mother of Artemis and Apollo, Leto, and located in the west built in Peripteros style. An inscription in three languages (Greek, Aramaic and Lycian) was found around this temple, which is thought to belong to the 4th century BC, is exhibited in the Fethiye Museum.
Located in the east, the Apollo Temple, built in the Doric style, is less preserved than the Leto Temple. The Temple of Artemis is in the middle of both temples and the smallest one among the three. There is a fountain (water source) in the southwest of these three temples and a church in the east. There is a large ancient theater leaning its back on the slope of a hill in Leteon ancient city.
The ancient city is on the Lycian walking route and included in the UNESCO World Heritage List from 1988 onwards.
A famous legent about Leteon. the nymph Leto was loved and pregnant by Zeus. Jealousy pursued by his wife Hera, Leto was wandering about looking for a place to give birth to her divine twins, Apollo and Artemis. She is said to have approached a fountain to drink, been driven away by local herdsmen and subsequently led to the Xanthos River by wolves. She then named the lands Lycia, after the Greek work Lykos meaning wolf and after giving birth returned to turn the herdsmen to frogs for punishment, and it is their descendants that we hear today.
Kumluova, 48370 Seydikemer/Muğla, Turkey